The Illusion Of Freedom.part 2

Apparently not stable as it sounds or as it seems when someday the advocate of democractic principles might be denied of the fruit of their clinical prejudice and the state is thrown into utter chaos the inherent monumental setback as a result tends to testifies to the fact that front loaders'prejudice regardless of their democratic principles is really nothing democratic than the tolerance for the demise of that principles as to the autocratic choice of that principles to which they surreptitiously subscribe to apparently quashes all the good aims of fabled public system by fabled advocate of autocratic principles rather than the true advocates of democractic principles marred in the truck load of prejudices and not perception.This betwitch the followership and the leadership with humongous prejudice tearing the humanistic edifice of the society of any at its most critical period.It also set developmental history back generations unlimited and can be damaging to retrieve the democratic principles of those unique leadership age of concrete political ideology once the structural damage is done.In my fiction novel a chapter entitled: Political Intolerance In Nigeria,the author makes reference by comparison of three military regimes of Obasanjo,IBB and Buhari unleashed in the interview with Tam David West who was minister under three regimes ranked Buhari leadership in terms of transparency light years ahead of any government in Nigeria excluding Gowon under control of late obafemi awolowo.

IBB had taken over power by prejudice and until he had slew his intentions, Nigerians never really knew he was a distraction cluttered with only prejudice resorted to commiting same offence you accused the erstwhile president or predecessor of doing.What an embarrassing start!He claimed the predecessor was servicing loan with forty percent of federal revenue and when he had delivered the first budget announced same figure.He announced same figure to the consternation of Tam David West who had queried him and called his attention to the quagmire of commiting same you accused your boss.Another official with west during inaugural speech had called his bluff nodded at Tam David West after noticing same IBB committed.When alerted to the same error IBB was embarrassed and slashed ten percent from the same error and still did not down unnoticed.Till date or ever since debt service had stolen a huge chunk of federal revenue and only difference there was no barter to the extent the then incoming administration of bola Ahmed tinubu noticed about 90 percent of federal revenue used for debt service.After removing subsidies over 6 trillion naira gain barely reflect in national fortune.

We live in the illusion of freedom especially the tangled knot of economic freedom.Correspondingly the entrepreneurship of the democratic principles and democratic space at social reengineering is often blurred . Consequently, marred by prejudicial politics multiplying nightmares of the inherently unattained democratic freedom and long term betrayal of universal justice.

The Illusion Of Freedom.

The illusion of freedom doesn't have the strategic imperatives to illuminate the concrete structure of freedom and as soon as it dissipates the dissidents in the fabled trenches of farcical rigmarole revert back to their shackles.Peradventure the funniest thing hardly fathom nor come into cognizance that their somewhat bright perspectives was mere victory of vicious cycle of illusion than the concrete crusade of freedom and the endowment of freedom was apparently driven far from the horizon of their repugnant wishes.

However the environment of freedom can be fabricated in the most ideal political frame work to govern the calculated or estimated structure, vision and substantial but proven concept of prejudice to fulfil purpose of freedom .This is significant by first imbibing the concept and the ideology and the ethical concept that permit evidential disposition of freedom as maybe thoughtful by the protagonists.It therefore should be in concert with their wonderful eligible protocols and hallowed principles to secure the freedom alongside affordability of that freedom.When the society has decided or deem it fit to allocate most rational choice to procure certain strategic limit of freedom mostly affordable to all sundry then the golden quest of freedom cannot be betrayed by those majority who subscribed to the ethics of that freedom.The universal sanctity and sanction of that affordability for which they clamour tagged democratic freedom is more or less amplified in the long haul to bestow universal justice to the society.Every critical attempt to democratise the use and consumption of freedom to earn the rational tag often dovetails into universal justice.It snowball into the same results either by the use of prejudicial politics or by the use of politics of perception excluding the swiftness generates similar outcome.

The price of freedom mostly affordable where the inherent components of freedom tenets are much hallowed and adopted by the crusaders of perception and not crusaders of prejudice.Either of the nightmares could push the frontier excluding the swiftness and speed in favour of the former the longitude and latitude of that championing frontiers maybe thoughtful enough to secure their goals of universal justice.Under the assuredly censure of objective duress,the sanctimonious quest of universal justice is much desired.Until the principles of beleaguered state hegemony realizes their critical inability the practice of whatever tradition to attain universal justice closes critical access to the chosen path towards such hitherto elusive attainment.The fundamental structure of public system when fully baked and harmonized tends to streamline and redefine those tangible tenets and affordable ideology to democratise freedom from the puzzles of chosen path acclimatise the exponents accessible logics with accessible facts to wield adequate arsenal to compel the attainment of its democratic principles of universal justice.The declaration of the strategic intents of the state is downright impossible without the objective muse of this democratic principles.This leverages rational path towards societal justice as the case maybe in the quest to influence the strategic interaction of human relations over its competition with other categorized form of relations using the democratic space to bear fruit opening up the principles in alignment with the declaration to attain the outcome of this state outlay the end goal of universal justice.Otherwise the illusion of freedom persist where the brazen denial of democractic principles abound aggravated by the critical deficiency to entrench democratic space in the practice of complementary capacity building human and institutional to attain the wit's end of the public goods.

Omiyale

Omiyale agbara ya shop

Too much flooding tears shop apart 

As the Yoruba adage says

Mostly derogatory remarks 

For over flooded cities and towns 

Often mused in the museum of 

Bad context

Now taken in the positive context

I say of my artesian wells let it not dry

Omiyale orire

Flood of benediction 

Visit my shore 

Sacrifice

Nothing like obedience 

You probably have heard 

Obey before complaint

Obedience can take many form

Training,compliance, humility,

Ethical submission, undertakings

Transactions,actions, performing rites

Even sacred rites

And lo behold the father and mother 

Of obedience beyond compare 

They call it what?Tell me

Do you know it?

So you don't know it

They call it

"Sacrifice"

I mean literally the same word

Sacrifice 

Stewardship Of Grace

O grace keep this luck

For my brethren 

Those who believe in me

So that they might share heritage 

Faith enjoins grace

To promise him

Stewardship 

Be blessed with stewardship 

Of grace

Wise Action

No need to hope in vain

When all deeds are woes

Then nature send you grace 

like the healing rain

To take you down 

To the promise land

And the gracious horse

It sends to whisk thee

Across the sand dunes 

By grace of motion

Favour of the mile

And luck of the mile

To entertain the notion

That only grace can carry

Favour or luck

And perspiration 

Across the Sahara 

Into the promiseland

And he warn you 

Not to despise

Wise action 

Only Mere Grace

How merciful you re with time if your predisposition praises thee

And everything works for you 

To hear that whisper that it lies in your capacity 

Is the biggest mistake and understatement of the century 

A small luck cannot carry grace

Only mere grace can carry the golden feet 

Perseverance Repays

Behind a simple logic will can act to lift the poor and the weak 

Lies rewards aperture of time with truth

Not always the hearth we feel but the storms

Yonder the everlasting breathe,perseverance with gallantry repays 

When nothing else count

Keep the lofty skies

Keep the lofty skies where provisions and expectations quietly fail

Through unwarranted decision and unwary path unknown 

Where grief gives success freely in purple birth

And favor replies thee with honor

In beguiling earth

Dangote Refinery And Petrochemical Revolution In Nigeria:A Behemoth At A Crossroad.

Nigerian economy is closer to its promise land than previously envisage and the emergence of Dangote refinery open up massive opportunity for economic fortune.Ibikunle Abraham Laniyan the blogger examines the benefits from the refinery and suggest the way forward on how it can make Nigeria the world largest economy in five years.Enjoy the piece.

Nigeria imports 90% of annual polypropylene needs worth $267m. about 250,000 metric tones of polypropylene.Now with Dangote refinery Nigeria is going to be the net exporter globally. Dangote has inbuilt capacity of 900,000 metric tonnes almost a million metric tones of polypropylene plant in the Dangote $2billion petrochemical plant will surely contribute a lot to the projected $1tr economy.

About 1.7million worth of jet fuel was exported by six vessels to America and about 350 million jet fuels exported to the middle east

The first crude or maiden supply of the 1million barrel came from Agbami 1 belonging to shell international trading and shipping company (STASCO) one of the largest trading in Nigeria with 8million barrel per day 

The truth is that we know petrochemical or petchems are chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Also chemical compounds at least a few of them obtained from petroleum also made from other fossil fuels like coal or natural gas or renewable sources like maize,palm fruit or sugar cane .Olefins and aromatics are the two most common petrochemical classes and we refer to ethylene ,butene, butadiene used in synthetic rubber and propylene as Olefins and Benzene,Toluene and xylene isomers as aromatics .

Oil refineries by fluid catalytic cracking of Petroleum fraction produce Olefins and aromatics .Hence by steam cracking of natural gas liquids such as ethane and propane chemical plants produce Olefins unnlike aromatics produced by catalytic reforming of naptha.The two become the building blocks of wide range of materials from solvents, adhesives into detergents.For instance Olefins became the basis of polymer and oligomers used in the production of resins, plastics,elastomers,fibers, lubricants, gels etc. Synthetic gas a combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to produce methanol and other chemicals. Unlike steam reforming plants, steam crackers are used to produce hydrogen and ammonia used in fertilizer urea.

Petrochemicals derived from oil and gas are used in more than 6,000 every day products worldwide.From food to beauty care products they re predominantly used in the every day life of modern consumers.

For instance chocolate coatings contain food grade paraffin wax derived from petroleum,coal or shale oil.It creates a glossy sheen when blended with chocolate 🍫 upon hardening to keep chocolate solid at higher temperatures since it has a low melting point.Toothpaste contains oil derivative such as polypropylene glycol,added for reasons like flavouring,anti bacteria properties and texture.Poloxamer 407 is another petroleum derivative to help toothpaste dissolve in water.Sodium saccharin artificial sweetener is another petroleum derivative to kill plaque.Take your perfume for instance when you adorn them especially those perfumes you re probably using the bones of long dead people or animal on your body .Instead of essential natural oils many fragrances use petroleum derived oils.Galaxolide,hedione,Iso E Super are samples of annerlike aromatic synthetic oil with jasmine scent.Paint use the same component adding plastic polymer to paint make the water resistant and durable.Plastic based paints adhere to surfaces with less crack compared to other natural option.Synthetic oli also allow for better range of color.To some extent paints are made up of one third plastics .

Moreover,most pills are coated in plastic,to encourage easy swallow.With synthetic components active ingredients are preserved from degradation so easily so that they have longer shelf life.Petroleum derived synthetic oils are also used in food flavouring like vanilla flavor ,almond and lemon.From petroleum jelly derived from gas and oil to laxatives made polyethylene glycol for skin moisturizing and skin protection from cracking and dry skin down to shaving cream and air freshener were derived from the same crude oil and synthetic components.What a great revelation of technological discovery for the massive contribution of mordern civilization.

While petrochemical products are produced in few manufacturing locations around the world African countries to be industrialised must fund the manufacturing base .The question which of the petrochemical products are we producing in black Africa especially the 49 black African countries prior to the emergence of Dangote refinery the largest single train refinery world wide ? Seriously none.This dearth today is resolved by Dangote refinery and Nigerian economy a potential world beater.

Dangote petrochemical plant produces at least 77 different high performance grades of polypropylene and currently eyeing $130billion global propylene market.

A refinery that has the capacity to load 2,900 trucks per day,4.6milion diesel,4million aviation fuel and 10.4million metric tonnes of gasoline per annum. It was begun in 2013 with estimated cost of $9b.later ballooned to $15b.in 2017 with ballooning of the forex rates mechanically completed in 2019 and commissioned in early 2020.But the work was ongoing as it incurred some delays due to COVID-19 pandemic Edwin Devakummar Dangote Group executive director said at a petroleum summit.

On June 2021 he put project construction progress at 79 percent and overall project completion of 89.5 in terms of engineering procurement and construction basis.By the time former president Muhammad Buhari commissioned the refinery a year later it had gulped 20billion dollars.Some debt finance 50% and some equity finance 50percent according to some sources.On may 2023 when the refinery was commissioned the total debt profile of the project had ballooned to $27b.

It is expected to serve as foreign exchange earner for the country easing the import bills especially from crude oil importation the rose trippled over five period from 8.4b.dollars in 2017 to  $23.23b.in 2022.according to CBN which also projected if the importation persist the country could spend up to $30b.by 2027.It says it could save the country of almost $30b.importation cost and add another $10b.foreign exchange inflow through export of refined products boosting foreign exchange reserves.

It means the size of foreign reserve in the country which rose to $47b.could be wiped out in less than a year and a half on import Bills.One man Áliko Dangote saved the country from this somewhat eternal mess in the supposedly biggest investment ever in tropical Africa.

The refinery sits elegantly on swampland about seven times the size of Victoria island or Singapore,about 2,635 hectares of land reclaimed with about 65million cubic metres of dredged sands used the world largest dredgers costing $326 m.It drilled a total of 250,000 piles in the civil works in the facility that is comprised of 177 tanks of 4.742 billion liters capacity.The refinery powered by 435 megawatt capacity power plant has by far the largest sub sea pipeline structure in the world to handle three billion cubic metres of oil by capacity per annum.

 It secured ten contractors and 900 engineers to work on the monumental projects.From Fabtech ,WABAG, Engineer India ltd handling Engineering procurement and construction all companies,in India,are suppliers to the project down to Honeywell UOP  in US,supplied catalyst regeneration and dryer control system, high performance column trays,heat exchanger tubes,modular CCR unit,catalyst coolers etc,SOFEC in US, Schneider Electric in France,Air Liquide Engineering and construction a French company supplied SMR unit,Sulzer Chemtech,in Switzerland, supplied packing,trays,internal columns or column internals,German based Man Diesel & Turbo supplied two compressor trains.Jan De Nul Group in Belgium handle land reclamation on 2,400 hectares; Mammoet in Holland provided a heavy lifting and transport solution plus South Korean Hyundai heavy industries built 15 liquefied petroleum gas tanks for the refinery;C &I leasing a Nigerian company provided transportation and installation services for the subsea pipelines and mooring systems.The young engineers mechanic engineering and process engineers were trained in refinery operations abroad and in GE University in Italy and honey well UOP trained process engineers for six months.The remainder were trained in Bharat petroleum corporation,in Mumbai, India.

It put in an over 60,000 hours of manpower and machine in a labour intensive technology laden endeavours of six years in a roll where over 126 heavy duty trucks daily mooring the earth surface alongside 750 heavy duty equipments plowing the massive land in Ibeji, Lekki was a marvel to behold.The 435 megawatt power plant can meet the total power needs or total power requirements of Ibadan discos at about 860,316 Megawatt per hour covering five states in south west excluding Lagos.The refinery is blessed with the world largest granite quarry with ten million per year production capacity with additional 332 cranes bought to improve installation capacity in the country that was formerly poor. 

They bought over this cranes given the fact even Julius Berger,Dantata and Sawoe,Hi tech and the like lack the capacity to supply even a tiny portion of the construction requirements of heavy earthmoving equipment,bulldozers, excavatos and materials like bobcats, compactors and front end loaders.The group of all the APC contracts only obajana and refinery complex projects were handled by the group.

It will generate over 100,000 indirect employment in the retail outlets and leads to establishment of 26,716 filling stations and 129 depots in the country.It will create almost a million jobs in the entire value chain.

The fact sheets from the project covers more than 100percent of all the country requirements.Take a look at the intimidating statistics: gasoline 53 million litters;Diesel 34 million litters per day; Kerosene,10million liters per day; aviation jet 2million litters per day.Interestingly it also has a surplus of these products for export.The refinery standard designs complies with world bank and US EPA, European emission norms and department of petroleum emission /effluent norms.The products also comply with Euro V specifications.

Now with the emergence of Dangote refinery the threat of monopoly by the NNPC,NUPENG etc trended heavily .This was after the unverifiable claim of substandard products was debunked by same regulatory authorities that mooted the falsehood in the first place.There were fears 50,000 trucks might go under,in addition to the fact PETROAN raises alarm over 260 tank farms could also go under.

As Dangote refinery deployed compressed natural gas trucks long seated subsidy cabals are bent in frustrating the move.The Nigerian economy is undergoing complex petrochemical revolution as an aspect of massive of economic revolution in an unprecedented scale in black Africa.

Why are they bent on demarketing the biggest mordern black man investment attempt ever at industrial revolution in black Africa?

The recently sacked 800 employees of Dangote refinery much linked to unionism was settled by the federal government and reposted elsewhere to other companies in the Dangote Group without tampering with their pay and emoluments.Dissents are diverse over the heavyweight investment a turning point in the industrial revolution of black Africa.

Midland Cosmos ltd: Another Competitor

In the background 

I think today everyone is talking about Dangote Refinery,wait for the emergence of Laniyan Refinery owned by Laniyan Brothers ltd a subsidiary of Midland Cosmos as the plan for 5 million barrel per day is being finalised to come on stream by 2030 once the company is successful with current ongoing private placement project.We shall fund a refinery city in the north where seventy percent of the nation's landmass is located.

Midland Cosmos providing competition to Dangote refinery expect a lot from its plan Nigeria world biggest economy before 2030 when the refinery would be completed.Watch out.

Robins In The Woods

Hardly had the golden morn fizzle 

Did his Robin spirit wade into the woods 

And soft rain begins upon the burning woods and odour of smelly ground dissipates

Chirping birds and swallow encircling the shimmering clouds at shuddering distance 

Tremulous whitened quivers of wild plum trees

Frogs in the pools gyrating the singing nights

Robin not merely playing in the camp fire but also behold robins playing with the feathery fire;Whims whistling on a low fence wire

The hedgehop and wild trees in rectilinear engross

Absorb the droplets of smoky clouds 

Crystal moon at the red branch against the earth flowing breast,

As snow upon this blossom lain

A sojourner from antique land with vast chunk of sturdy legs of iron stones

Shot the woods with elation

Thorns of thorough fire assuage over dale over hill

Same thoroughness hurled over bush bier,

From.park , hideouts to pale, flood,

Traverse sunlight from ripened grain to diamond glints and glistens on snowy cliffs 

Genteel autumn rains awakening the morning hush

Soft stars sparkled at circled flights 

Flightless birds taken to flight at last

Of sunny birds ought to fly higher than their immaculate shores

What attic of parting shot to kiss you on the brow

To the submission of golden dreams for a flora of recess at the golden hills.

Robin's golden feet weathered every rack

For the requisite trophy at the port of no return 

Carolled with exultant bells routed with prying eyes,fallen upon the steady keels

With daring and grim vessels grimacing the plow 

Bouquets and ribboned wreaths upon his nightmare of golden feet 

Beyond fallen cold and dead where the flung flag is adorned with bugle trills

Clanging bells over anchored voyage swift and sound

Beat wilful pulses to exultant shores

Not the barren field with broken winged birds frozen with snow

Did it ends it the oddysey but meadows floated with pots of gold above the ignoble pistols of the pitiless waves.

Feast of nerve and sinnew blossoming beyond the immoderate sands

Standing above the roar of surf tormented shores 

Wonderment upon the grains of golden sands as they creep in the fragile hands that tremble the immaculate deigns of horrifying breathe of wary nature 

What a revel of jocund company flashing that inward eye the bliss of solitude with heart pleasure fills,

Over the sparkling waves in glee over vales and hills

Till the host with the golden daffodils,army of nature's luxury 

And dances that dance with daffodils beyond dancing breeze and continuous as the stars.

Behold how slippery feet elude Robin on a friction of slippery slope 

To gallivant beyond the skies.

Hamiltonian America.Bookworm At the Battle Of Monmouth.Chapter 11.page 7,8,...

"Did Lee do well at Monmouth battle?"

"I think that's where leadership skills come in.He was below average regardless of bravery that Hamilton showed at his sides when he says "I will stay here with you my dear general and die!Let us all die rather than retreat!"but compelled the army onto full blown retreat instead of charging them .When he was interrogated by Washington about his fears in which Washington says"What is the meaning of this sir? " He asked as he galloped up to Lee in  retreat with the forces who replied"The American troops would not stand the British bayonets ".

"And Washington did say what?"

"Have you tried them? Let me quote in strict terms.He says"You damned poltroon you never tried them".He was not used to profanities but for the first time  unleashed in desperation to subdue Lee's insubordination and as one eminent general says"till the leaves shook on the trees".

"So it was not a lie when they say American idolatry of Washington was begun at the battle of Monmouth .On the same June 28 1778, the thermometer reached ninety degree a memorable day of stifling heat when some soldiers waist up rode naked .Despite being under Hamilton's scout with emboldened words,the poltroon did not shirk his cover to retreat. Washington rode white charger horse donated by William Livingston Governor of New Jersey in the recrossing honor to Delaware.When it drop dead from the heat like horses and riders that expired from heat fatigue same period he switched to chestnut mare.By sheer force of boldness and will he redirected the retreating forces and says "stand fast my boys and receive your enemy...the southern troops are advancing to support you"he shouted as he ordered Lee to the rear and goaded the soldiers to drive the British from the field .What a remarkable sedative effect that Lafayette was perturbed to comment "Never had I beheld so superb a man".It was complimented by Hamilton when he spoke to Elias Boudinot"I never saw the general to so much advantage".That "his" own"coolness and firmness were admirable.He instantly took maneuvers for checking the enemy's advance and giving time for the army which was very near to form and a proper disposition.....By his own good sense and fortitude he turned the fate of the day....He directed the whole with the skill of a master work man."

"Did you notice more horses were shot down at Monmouth than was expected?"

"You re right.Hamilton's horse was shot down and the same with Aaron Burr's horse too short down from under him.The latter was bugged down by nausea and probably by exhaustion took a temporary leave of absence by October.It was also worsened by his lack of promotion under Washington.Like Washington Hamilton was bestowed with laurels for the Singular proofs of bravery and courted death under fragile circumstances and survived it.Althought it was not an outright victory for the patriots where the British escaped unhurt for the next day.Observers rated the battle a draw still the continentals murdered or injured more than a thousand troops four times the American casualties.The troops having escaped the earlier dread of shameful retreat ,performed beyond the average.

When he arrested Lee for disobeying orders and messed up a beautiful showcase of the American strength in a court martial Hamilton was a witness against Lee that took place in July in New Brunswick under supervision of Lord Stirling.His conduct was "unpardonable and monstrous" as Hamilton spoke to Boudinot they would stand by the court martial verdict .He had some sympathizers like Arron burr who still subscribed to the opinion that berrated Washington's military talent.

Then Hamilton on July 4 and 13 gave damaging report on Lee's questionable character and his lethargy at making a critical attempt to stop enemy's advance despite being told by Washington.He was given suspension of one year from the army because he was found guilty on all counts.He told Burr he planned to resign the commission in October to Virginia and learn to hoe tobacco.But like Conway cabal he and his minions continued to villify Washington and Hamilton especially his testimony at the court martial.In December,Lee in print under pseudonym heaped monumental abuse on Washington and when John Laurens, compelled Hamilton to write a rebuttal,he rebuked ."

"How did the rivalry end?"

"My brother it ends with dueling .When Hamilton fails to rebut the pen of Junius then Laurens instead challenged charless Lee to a duel and he was almost killed where he accepted the superiority of Washington and stop vilifying crusades .You know dueling in those days was a means of restoring dignity and protecting honor by men who felt abused.Dueling was prevalent in the continental army in those days.

Everything

I love my home 

I love my family tree

I love my tribe

I love my prejudice 

I love my country 

I love everything 

Around us

Everything 

Matter around us

We must cherish

Them

Fortitude

You gaze at yourself as if you re the only one facing the distress signals

You Ve shown yourself stronger than the signals

You Ve gained mastery how to dream

How to survive,how to strike and launch your trigger at most disturbing times

You Ve shown haters the wonderful fortune of your conspicuous fortitude 

So this achievement and golden accomplishment 

Is only to bless you to fully ascertain 

The prime networth of your human person 

And how much you deserve it 

Shallom 

We hail your conspicuous fortitude 

I believe it

When I say I believe it

People says am mad

When I say I believe it forever 

Even called me "maddest dog"

When I say goodbye to adversity 

Barely a few knew

Until the wealth was flung 

In the faces of haters 

  

Then they begged for assistance 

Then I flung petty cash 

In their pathetic face

Don't pity your haters

Don't because if you do

They will bring you down 

Had they had their way

Long ago

You probably have been 

Butchered in your prime 

Since you cannot help them 

Run away.